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  • TitleHail and farewell
  • Call NumberDODG_0653
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers manager Burt Shotton, in Dodgers cap and warm-up jacket, sitting on bench in dugout between two men wearing "Israel" warm-up jackets; Shotton and man on left shaking hands; graffitti on wall behind them. Typed label: "Hail and Farewell: Dodger Manager Burt Shotton (center) shakes hands with Abraham Bendersky and welcomes him to Ebbets Field after the Dodgers prepared to leave. Bendersky is a goalie with the Israel National Soccer Team which takes over Ebbets Field for a game, Oct. 17 with the American All-Stars. Bendersky's teammate Meier Arom, also a goalie is at right. Proceeds of the game go to the Junior Division of the United Jewish Appeal for widows and children of Irsrael Army fighters."
  • Date[ca.1949]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso. On verso: photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • SubjectShotton, Burt ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Soccer players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Israelis -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.